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This Day in Minnesota History

September 15, 1834

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St. Peters Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro suspends the license of fur trader Alexis Bailly. An employee of the American Fur Company, Bailly had broken trade rules, including those forbidding the sale of liquor. Bailly's replacement, Henry H. Sibley, played a major role in Minnesota history.

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